
NYM · C
Power catcher: 27.5% barrel rate, .167 ISO, 10.8% HR rate, 29.2% K rate.
Everything you need to know about Francisco Alvarez before you bet. He's gone over his hits line 33% of the time across 21 tracked games. Compare home run, hits, and total bases odds across 8 sportsbooks below.
Highest Barrel Rate among power hitters this season. Top 10.
| # | Player | Team | Barrel Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eli White | BOS | 52.1% |
| 2 | Mike Trout | LAA | 50.0% |
| 3 | Colton Cowser | BAL | 41.7% |
| 4 | Billy Cook | PIT | 39.8% |
| 5 | Dominic Canzone | SEA | 36.5% |
| 6 | Wyatt Langford | TEX | 35.0% |
| 7 | Pete Alonso | BAL | 34.2% |
| 8 | Spencer Torkelson | DET | 33.3% |
| 9 | Roman Anthony | BOS | 31.7% |
| 10 | Colt Keith | DET | 31.5% |
Francisco Alvarez is not in the top 10 power hitters on barrel rate this season.
Francisco Alvarez is a power-first catcher through 76 games with a 27.5% barrel rate and .167 ISO, showing consistent hard contact. His 10.8% home-run rate converts that power into results. The offset is a 29.2% strikeout rate and 38.6% whiff rate, both well above typical, which limits his offensive floor. He's a high-variance bat: when he connects, the ball travels; when he doesn't, strikeouts pile up.
Performance summary as of week of August 3, 2026
Hits Over Rate
33%
7 of 21 games
HR Over Rate
5%
Bottom 1%1 of 19 games
TB Over Rate
30%
6 of 20 games
Hits Over Rate — How often he goes over his hits line. Shows how reliable he is for hits props.
HR Over Rate — How often he goes over his home run line. Higher = he hits for power consistently.
TB Over Rate — How often he goes over his total bases line. Combines hits + extra-base power.
These are the prop bets available for Francisco Alvarez. Each card shows the over rate and game count. Click any market to compare odds across 8 sportsbooks.
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These are Francisco Alvarez's Statcast numbers — the advanced metrics behind hits, home runs, and total bases. Green values are above league average.
K Rate
51.5%
Strikeout rate · league avg ~22%
Whiff %
49.0%
Swing-and-miss rate · league avg ~25%
Hard Hit %
60.0%
Pct of balls hit ≥95 mph · league avg ~36%
Barrel %
27.5%
Top 1%Highest-quality contact · league avg ~7%
HR Rate
10.8%
Home runs per AB · league avg ~3%
SLG
.682
Slugging percentage · league avg ~.420
Stats as of 2026-08-29 · extended sample through 2025-09-28
Each bar shows hits per start. The gold dashed line is the most recent posted hits line (0.5). He went over 2 of 5 times against this line.
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Sign up freeFrancisco Alvarez (NYM) typically has three batter prop markets posted: hits, home runs, and total bases. Each prop page on OddsGuy compares the live line and price across 8 sportsbooks (DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, Caesars, BetRivers, Fanatics, Bovada, and Pinnacle) and highlights the best available price.
Over his last 21 tracked games, Francisco Alvarez has gone over his hits line 33% of the time, over his home-run line 5% of the time, and over his total-bases line 30% of the time. The prop pages above show every settled game with the line, actual outcome, and book context.
Francisco Alvarez props are posted at the major US sportsbooks — DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, Caesars, BetRivers, Fanatics — and offshore at Pinnacle and Bovada. The prop pages above compare live pricing across all 8 books so you can find the best number.
Francisco Alvarez — NYM C Hits over rate: 33% (last 21 games) HR over rate: 5% (last 19 games) TB over rate: 30% (last 20 games) K rate: 51.5% (league avg ~22%) Whiff rate: 49% (league avg ~25%) Hard-hit rate: 60% (league avg ~36%) Barrel rate: 27.5% (league avg ~7%) HR rate: 10.8% (league avg ~3%) SLG: 0.682 (league avg ~.420) Stats as of: 2026-08-29